Thursday, September 11, 2008

September 11, 2001

It is seven years today since two passenger planes, hijacked by terrorists, crashed into New York's Twin Towers, another rammed into the Pentagon in Washington and a fourth crashed into a Pennsylvania field.

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Several years ago, historians predicted in The Washington Post that popular culture in the US would eventually file September 11 in the same category as Memorial Day or Labour Day, days laden with significance that eventually became a holiday to grill hotdogs or go to clearance sales.